DOD releases unified cybersecurity standard for contractors

A draft of the unified cybersecurity standard model Defense Department contractors must follow was just released, and a senior official wants vendors to “tear it up” in the comments.

Katie Arrington, DOD’s chief information security officer for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, announced the release of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework Sept. 4, during a panel discussion at the Intelligence and National Security Summit in National Harbor, Md.